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This series provides a forum for theoretical and empirical investigations of social phenomena. It promotes works that focus on the interactions among cognitive processes, individual behavior, and social outcomes. It is especially open to interdisciplinary books that are genuinely integrative.
Explores the NIE with a critical assessment of its theoretical contributions
An exploration of the role of altruism in the discipline of economics
Pioneering work on an important new approach to economics.
An economic historian and demographer considers what the world, freed from material need, will look like
Explores the world of three Mexican artists to reveal how globalization shapes their lives
Explores the failure of markets to shape desirable preferences
Surveys the new institutional theory of economic prosperity -- and decline. Explores institutional policy and opportunities for reform.
A sophisticated yet accessible analysis of the acquisition and marketability of political skills
Moral principle---not mere self-interest---drives rational decision making
How the most important statistical method used in many of the sciences doesn't pass the test for basic common sense
Synthesizes various strands of social science research and thought, including evolution of thought about development in anthropology, sociology, political science, and growth economics
A new approach to analyzing political and charitable behavior posits that morality significantly affects that behavior
Demonstrates the importance of governance and social institutions to economic performance
An analysis of American political history using the economic framework of public choice theory
Illuminates and explains the emergence of modern economic development in Western Europe after the seventeenth century
An institutional approach to agricultural development in Europe leading to the "Rise of the West"
Describes conflicts over land use on the Brazilian frontier and analyzes the evolution of property rights from an institutional perspective
The author brings significant new insights to the study of dissent, rebellion, and revolution
A comprehensive and current presentation of the collective-action approach
Explains the extraordinary collapse of Communist East Germany
How ethnic kin-based trading networks can rely on trust when a well-developed framework of contract laws is missing
International experts discuss new applications for evolutionary economics
